Life-Saving Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1347A
Date Released
31 Mar 1955
Date submitted
29 Mar 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1FA Cup Semi-Finals
  2. 2FA Cup Semi-Finals
  3. 3And Now - Floods!
  4. 4A Personal Helicopter
  5. 5Life-Saving Test
  6. 6Egypt Hoists Her Flag
  7. 7Russian Seeks Asylum
  8. 8Operation Teapot
  9. 9Franco Receives US Envoy
  10. 10Belgian Riots
  11. *FA Cup Semi-Finals - Airdrieonnians V Celtic
  12. *FA Cup Semi-Finals - Clyde V Aberdeen
  13. *France V Wales - Rugger

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Volunteer Shipwrecked Sailors. DESCRIPTION: Ten French sailors recently lived in a dinghy for ten days in Brest Harbour on plankton and sea water. They were confirming the theory that it can be done. SHOTLIST: Various GVs and CUs of this rubber raft which has undergone a ten days float with French volunteer sailors aboard, to test Professor Bombard’s theory.
Local distribution only
Not shown in South Wales.
Keywords
Navy; Military
Locations
France; Brest
Footage sources
France
Card file number
63177
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
48
Story extras:
Film clip

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